A four-part story structure is introduced as a way of drawing out learning points from examples of resilience. The trainer illustrates this by telling the story of Peter Shaw (for more on this story, see Peter Shaw's book 'Hole - kidnapped in Georgia', Accent Press, 2006).

Here is a template you can use for recording inspiring examples of resilience. Please also feel welcome to share in the discussion section here examples of resilience you've been inspired by.

This handout maps out the steps of the second strategy, inviting you to apply it in your life.

A visual metaphor is introduced that helps us understand resilience: bumping into a problem is viewed as similar to a boat crashing into a rock, with the water level representing our resilience. A practical exercise is introduced based on this image, where we can map out factors that influence our resilience.

This handout invites you to try using the Water Level process, identifying factors that reduce or strengthen your resilience.

You are invited to reflect on a time when you've faced something difficult and got through that in a way you now feel satisfied with. How did you do that? We look at four elements of a personal resilience toolkit, using the letters SSRI to stand for Strategies, Strengths, Resources and Insights.

This handout guides you through the SSRI Resilience Toolkit exercise.

Here Chris describes how to apply the ABC process, introducing the downloadable pdf template.

This handout offers a template for applying the ABC process. You can use more than one sheet for the same situation if you'd like to consider more than three perspectives (or different B's).

ABRAH stands for Acknowledge, Breathe, Respond with Active Hope. Chris introduces this as a first emotional first-aid practice.

Self-Compassion is introduced as a second emotional first-aid practice.

The Five Sense Check-in is introduced as a third emotional first-aid practice. This is a mindfulness technique, bringing your attention into the present moment.

This handout summarises the three emotional first-aid practices described in this section.

Bringing together the other strategies introduced so far, the storyboarding process is introduced as a tool for designing resilient responses to situations we find challenging.

Here is a template you can use for storyboarding situations where you'd like more resilience.

This handout offers a printable form of the quiz, so that you can keep a record of your score each time you use it, and compare with times you repeat it at a later date.

This handout offers pointers for further reading, as well as links to video talks on the web.

More resources from trainer Dr Chris Johnstone